A* Episode 6 Script smbhax.com Characters: Vero - bald guy Auri - bartender Mick - clone of a shipper Vero killed Selenis - bounty hunter Murphy - a trooper in Captain Fizer's Core Sys squad Trooper 2 - another of Fizer's troopers Trooper 3 - ditto #### scene 1 - Pyrite city, Auri's bar VERO The planet Pyrite. VERO Atmosphere isn't exactly breathable, but at least it isn't toxic. VERO Surface temperature close to standard, usually. VERO Gravity's a little high. VERO Population's decidedly anti-corp. VERO Which means it's sure to be riddled with corp spies. VERO Didn't want to come here, but I've run out of alternatives. VERO Pyrite would've been a prime candidate for takeover and terraforming by one of the corporations... VERO ...except that the pretty nebula in the sky is due to hit it in about 500 years... VERO ...at which point those superheated fragments of a star that exploded 80,000 years ago will fry everything on the planet. VERO That tended to discourage corporate investment. Now the place is a haven for people who would rather rough it than live in corp space. VERO People like me. AURI What'll it be, buddy? Our air ain't free. VERO How about a beer, Auri? And make it a quiet one. AURI Ver--! AURI Sure mac, one beer comin' up. VERO I've got a corp bounty hunter after me. VERO I need weapons, fuel, and somewhere to hole up. VERO Which means its time to call in some old favors. #### scene 2 - Auri's bar (scene continues) AURI Man, it's good to see you, Vero. VERO You too, Auri. What's new? AURI Hell, not too much. Crowd shot up a guy they said was a Quadreno spy last week. VERO Was he? AURI Hah, who knows? VERO ... VERO Listen, Auri, I've got-- AURI Come to think of it, Mick and I were just talking about you when the shooting started! Hah! VERO What?! Mick was here? AURI Sure, comes in all the time now. Got a fat retirement deal out of Core Sys. AURI I guess he really took those bastards for a ride; built himself a nice place right out at the top of Canyon 22. VERO Maybe I'll go pay old Mick a visit. AURI Sure, he'll be happy as hell to see you. Want me to call and let him know you're coming? VERO No, thanks. I want to surprise him. AURI Hah, you guys are such cards! #### scene 3 - Pyrite outdoors - tram to canyon 22 VERO Mick... VERO Thought I'd killed you at Tempus. VERO Guess it's time to finish the job. VERO Hell, who am I kidding? VERO I'm no killer. VERO I'm glad I don't have your blood on my hands...even if you did cause Sig's death. VERO But now, Mick... VERO You're going to give me some answers. VERO What were you doing out there? VERO Why did Sig have to die!? MICK Who the heck-- MICK Vero! VERO Hey...Mick. MICK When did you land on this rock? MICK Oh hell, where are my manners? MICK Come in, come in. #### scene 4 - Mick's place MICK How you doing, you old son of a gun?! VERO Mick... We've got to talk. MICK We sure as hell do! What have you been up to? Seems like ages since I saw you last. VERO ..! VERO Yeah... I guess it was more than a year ago now that we... MICK Oh, hah! MICK See, there I go forgetting. You'll have to catch me up on all that. VERO What?! MICK I forgot! The Core Sys docs said I took a rap on the noggin in the accident; knocked me for a helluva loop. VERO The...accident? MICK Malfunction in the old tub they had me flying, they said. But it didn't work out so bad: got a sweet pension, this place... MICK Still get headaches once in a while, but hell, I'm getting old anyway. VERO Old? You look twenty years younger, Mick. What'd they do, put you on cellular rejuvenation? MICK Naw, reconstructive surgery. MICK They tell me I was a goddamn mess when they picked me up, but ain't modern medicine a wonderful thing. MICK Good as new now--hell, better! #### scene 5 - Mick's place (scene continues) VERO Muh... SELENIS Mick? No... At least, not the one you knew. VERO You--! SELENIS Mm. SELENIS Did he have a scar or birth mark you knew of? VERO What? Uh... Yeah, at the base of his skull, from-- SELENIS Show me. VERO It... It's gone. SELENIS He never had it. VERO The surgery-- SELENIS Never happened. SELENIS This is a clone, Plank. VERO A clone? That's impossible! SELENIS Oh, it's quite possible. Don't tell me you don't believe the old stories? VERO Give me a break. SELENIS Hm. At any rate, the corporations haven't advanced quite that far. SELENIS Their cloning process leaves tell-tale signs. You noticed the gaps in his memory? SELENIS The headaches? The awkward manners? His youthful appearance? VERO But he knew me! And he's...old! SELENIS Conditioned memories, accelerated aging: expensive, but not impossible... SELENIS ...as long you don't need the clone to live very long, or to be particularly well-rounded. VERO You're saying this was-- SELENIS A deception; a very expensive one. SELENIS Mar's been holding out on me. SELENIS He hired me to kill you, and for more than a malcontent shipper should be worth. VERO ... SELENIS I want to know why. VERO I tried to kill him. SELENIS Insufficient to account for this. SELENIS What happened to the "Mick" you knew? VERO ... VERO I killed him. SELENIS Well, well. SELENIS Now we're getting some-- #### scene 6 - Mick's place and outside (scene continues) MURPHY Freeze! MURPHY Don't try anything stupid. MURPHY Tell Captain Fizer I've got hi-- SELENIS Fizer... This is a complication. SELENIS You really don't trust me at all, do you, Mar? TROOPER 2 Murph? You there? Murph, come in. VERO Damn, more Core Sys troops! SELENIS Yes. We'll have to resume this interview at a more convenient time and place. VERO You weren't going to-- SELENIS I want you to live, Plank; you're evidently worth quite a bit of money to someone. SELENIS Now, stay here until you hear my signal, then run out the door and don't stop until you get off-planet. VERO What signal...? TROOPER 2 Why are the goddamn cameras out... TROOPER 2 You in here, Murphy? TROOPER 3 West wing! It's the west wing! Get the hell over here! TROOPER 2 Damn it! //end